Hello all, long time Mini owner first time poster!
I'm replacing my jbe due to a leaky sunroof drain causing rain to leak into the car (2013 Mini Cooper countryman S all4) and I'm in need of a few pins for the bottom 2 connectors. I need about 10 in total, I have 1 broke and 6 that are corroded enough I want to replace them before they become a problem as well. Of course the one that broke grounds the relay that powers the ignition coils, I can ground that wire with jumper wire and the car works normally. If anyone has the part numbers and/or a source on these pins I would definitely appreciate the help as that is the only thing I'm lacking to have the little car on the road again... I really miss the 28mpg it gets VS the 14 my 7.3 diesel swapped 88 bronco! Thanks
I appreciate the response, I have looked at the pictures several times and have it narrowed down to a couple that look like what I have but can't determine which is correct... may just have to order several and see what works! Thanks again
I appreciate the response, I have looked at the pictures several times and have it narrowed down to a couple that look like what I have but can't determine which is correct... may just have to order several and see what works! Thanks again
You ever find which pin worked? I am having the same issue with the same pin of the ignition circuit and would love to not have to order multiple considering I’m very far from home and am trying to get stuff as fast as possible. Thanks!
No, I was never able to find the exact one, how I fixed mine was I cut the plug off a Freightliner Cascadia door module and spliced it in to my harness, it worked perfectly and the wires were even close enough to the same colors to avoid confusion. The biggest thing I ran into was finding someone to program the dumb thing once I had it working. The car was drivable but was in "Transport mode" so a lot of random features either didn't work at all or misbehaved in some way. I finally called the nearest bmw dealer and they programmed it and replaced the spark plugs (past due) for less than $300. Car works flawlessly now.
No, I was never able to find the exact one, how I fixed mine was I cut the plug off a Freightliner Cascadia door module and spliced it in to my harness, it worked perfectly and the wires were even close enough to the same colors to avoid confusion. The biggest thing I ran into was finding someone to program the dumb thing once I had it working. The car was drivable but was in "Transport mode" so a lot of random features either didn't work at all or misbehaved in some way. I finally called the nearest bmw dealer and they programmed it and replaced the spark plugs (past due) for less than $300. Car works flawlessly now.
I just replaced my JBE due to water damage but a couple of my connectors are complete corroded. I went and cut some identical connectors out of a similar car at the junk yard in great condition.
How did you splice yours together.
I want to switch the connectors but im curious if i could just cut the old connectors off and connect the wires to the wires on the new connectors and just levee the connectors in tact.
I just replaced my JBE due to water damage but a couple of my connectors are complete corroded. I went and cut some identical connectors out of a similar car at the junk yard in great condition.
How did you splice yours together.
I want to switch the connectors but im curious if i could just cut the old connectors off and connect the wires to the wires on the new connectors and just levee the connectors in tact.
I used heat sealing butt connectors with the little pellet of solder in the middle... so far so good. The right way would be to solder and heat shrink the splices but I'm no good at soldering those tiny little wires and there really isn't room for that.
I know this is an old thread but WesG, did you have to have your JBE programmed?
I too had lost spark and got it running by grounding the K6326 relay in fuse box under the hood. The car also had water intrusion into the passenger side floorboard probably from a clogged sunroof drain. I just purchased the car super cheap as previous owners mechanic could not sort it out. There was 5-6 inches of solid ice in foot well, have probably removed 6 gallons of water thus far. Still in process of dehumidifying as it has been below freezing all week. All the pins and connectors look OK, I cleaned them up with deoxit but still no ground signal. Going to check continuity on pin 3 X11002 to pin 6 X4010 to make sure wiring is not the problem and narrow issue to the JBE.
However, not much information available on programming a JBE.
I found this post over at mini2 regarding programming JBE:
"Sure. It's pretty simple actually.
What I did is bought a car scanner tool for BMW/Mini last year. It's called Launch Creader Elite (the v1.0) with a cost of 159 euros. I was researching online and this tool was well reviewed by many youtubers included BMW Doctor.
So, when you connect the tool to your OBDII port, you just select Diagnose to scan all the issues on the car with autodetect function.
On the same screen that the auto detect is, there are links for the specific brands, as in this case Mini.
Once selected Mini it asks you which version you have (r50 to R53, R56 and up and F55 and up). I choose R56 and it will autodetect your car details and present you the car details page.
You press next and you see a list of options. One is called Program/Coding. When selecting that one (after a warning message), you can see the list of modules you can program or code. In this case the JBE is called something like Security/Confort/....
When selecting that one you get another page to confirm the action, and when confirmed the option it will program the JBE with your car details for you. The instrument cluster shuts down and then start up again (in the same way when you reset it from the hidden menu using the odometer) and the JBE is programmed already.
That's it. And it's the same with any other module. The tool does all the program for you as it knows what to do.
The complete process on my end took between 5 and ten minutes.
I think what the tool does or what the module needs is to have a special code unique to your car saved in some internal memory. When the module starts check if the number saved internally is the same as the model the car tells it, and then activates everything. If not then it will disable some functions (so you need to go to the dealer to activate it and pay lot of money for it). Pretty shade tactic if you ask me, but now almost every car has it."
I'm not convinced a $150 OBD2 scanner is going to "program" my JBE. I have bimmercode and have done some "coding" with it, but I don't think this is the same process as programming. Hoping to get this sorted out over the next week or so.
A used JBE from another Countryman should "mostly" work or it may completely work. Programing is flashing different software onto your JBE (known as SPEG56 when programing). The last change I see is from Sep 2012, so any JBE after this date should be fine. 13.09.12 R056-12-11-502 SPEG SPEG.C05 [EWB35.2, u] - CBD revised
Coding is turning features on/off, mostly based on what features are installed in your vehicle. Anyone with NCSExpert should be able to code a used JBE for your vehicle.
Thanks for the info Blazing, I have checked my wiring and it is OK, narrowed down to the JBE, I took it apart and found the pin 3 male connector has corroded on the back side of the board:
I'm hoping to solder it to reestablish the connection, I do get continuity if I probe just right so maybe repair is possible...???
